Emily Chan
Previously, archaeological digs conducted between the 1970s and 1980s at Łysa Góra yielded La Tène items, but they were mostly small fragments of objects that may have ended up at the site through trade.
“However, the helmet is an example of the most advanced Celtic metallurgy, and it seems that it may have been in the possession of a Celt. It was probably not given to this population, which existed at that time on the outskirts of any ancient world. The discovery, therefore, changes the previous perception of the scale of contacts with the Celtic world in the earlier pre-Roman period,” Kaczyński said.
Hundreds of other items related to logging, farming, and animal husbandry were also uncovered at the site.
For example, the team excavated iron axe blades with rectangular sections, scythes for cutting grain or grass, and shear blades that were likely designed to trim sheep’s wool.
